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Monday, April 21

An open letter to my pal Nate the Great

by Mike on Mon 21 Apr 2008 01:11 AM EDT

Dear Nate,

Tonight I finally got to see Billy Joel live. Finally...after all these years of being a closet Billy Joel fan. He was at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus. Thomai bought me the tickets as an early birthday present. It was pretty terrific. One of the highlights of he show was when he threw a serious bone to all of the "Buckeyes" in the crowd. Now, you know I am not a big Ohio State fan, but it was pretty awesome that Billy broke into "Hang on Sloopy" right in the middle of the song "River of Dreams." The place went absolutely crazy and everybody was doing that O-H-I-O thing. When it was all over and the band went back into "River of Dreams," I screamed like a girl because it was just so awesome. A little freaking girl, Nate.

There is no shame in this despite the fact that I am still very much a metalhead. You see, halfway through the show, Billy turned the mic over to a guitar roadie they call "Chainsaw" and he led the band in a HUGE performance of AC/DC's "Highway to Hell." Man, it was tremendous. Seriously. My throat totally hurts from screaming "WHOOOO!" Thomai said the woman next to me was giving me crappy looks because of how much I was freaking out. I think I accidentally stepped on that woman's foot a couple of times, though. Whatever.

It was just awesome. Well worth the wait, I must say.

Your pal,
Mike

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Tuesday, April 1

A good day for wrestling fans

by Mike on Tue 01 Apr 2008 08:26 PM EDT

March 30 was a pretty good day for wrestling fans – unless, of course, you are one of those unlucky folks who got hit by fireworks at the end of the show that night. I can't let Wrestlemania XXIV go by without writing just a bit on the production and its aftermath. There were some not-so-good moments in the show, but thankfully the Mayweather vs. Big Show match was not as bad as I had expected. My favorite matches of the night were (in ascending order): the Money in the Bank Ladder Match, Ric Flair vs. Shawn Michaels and Undertaker vs. Edge.

I had kind of figured that CM Punk would win MITB and I had hoped that would happen because he is one of my favorites. But to read the online gossip rags, one might be led to believe that Punk is kind of on the outs with some important folks in WWE. The fact that he is now "Mr. Money in the Bank" means he will probably get some really good promos and matches coming his way for at least a few months. Punk had a teriffic match with Jericho last night that seemed to indicate there is some infinished business between the two.

Flair's final match with Michaels really did steal the show, just like everyone expected. My favorite spot was when Michaels attempted a huge moonsault off the ring apron and ropes and missed Flair, obliterating a ringside announcers' table. In the end, it was all very well done and Flair's retirement ceremony on last night's Raw capped things nicely.

Now truth be told, I am not really a big fan of the Undertaker. It was fairly predictable that his Wrestlemania streak would not be broken, but the match was so exciting and well-done that I can't complain too much. I really don't get these folks to complain about Edge and say things like they're "sick of his character," et cetera. Like I said before...Sorry guys, but we can't all be Cena fans, eh?